The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Maria Kiwanuka will on Thursday read the national budget for 2013/2014 in which she will outline government’s projected revenues and expenditure allocations. . Budget speech 2013-14 download She is expected to announce tax increases on some products and services as government seeks to raise more money amidist huge […]
The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) will be holding their first General Assembly in December, in Entebbe, Uganda. The General Assembly that is attracting participants from the 10 ASERECA member countries begins on Wednesday December 14th and closes on Friday December 16th. The GA was launched last week, together […]
The five East African community member states Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzani and Kenya will on Wednesday simultaneously read their 2011/2012 national budgets in their respective parliaments. All the five EAC member states are expected to announce business incentives that promote regional integration and reflect the motives of the Customs Union that the five countries embarked […]
Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will on Tuesday June 7th officially open the 9th Parliament at the International conference Center in Kampala. He will also deliver the state of the nation address, which he is obliged by the constitution to deliver before Parliament every year in order to highlight the key issues in the country […]
The football lovers are looking forward to Saturday night’s titanic clash between Manchester United and Barcelona in the Champion’s League final at Wembley stadium. Both teams have enjoyed a successful season and had convincing Champions League campaign that saw them to the final. Barcelona won the Spanish La Liga tile and comfortably beat Real Madrid […]
All is set at Kololo airstrip where President Museveni is on May 12th swearing in as President of Uganda for another term in office. Museveni who was the national Resistance Movement candidate was declared by the Uganda Electoral Commission to have won the February 18th elections with 68% of the votes cast, although the opposition […]
Journalists and media practitioners in Uganda on Tuesday joined their colleagues all over the world to mark the World Press Freedom Day. As part of the events to mark the WPFD, a press freedom day panel discussion has been organised to discuss issues pertaining to press freedom and new media in Uganda. The panel discussion […]
The 4th El classico is on our hands, as Spanish Champions Barcelona take on Real Madrid in the Champions league Semi final first leg. With the traditional rivalry between the two teams growing since the arrival Jose Mourihno, Thursday’s game provides another chance for the two teams to show who the better Spanish team is. […]
English Premier League leaders Manchester United will be looking to overcome their German jinx on Tuesday evening as they take on Schalke 04 in the first leg of their Champions League semi finals at the Veltins-Arena in Germany. Though Manchester United are favourites to beat Schalke and qualify for the finals to contend for a […]
The Activists for Change organized walk to work protests have continued for the 4th day in two weeks, despite President Museveni’s warning that the mostly opposition leaders will not be allowed to walk to work. Several opposition leaders have today begun walking to work and reports indicate a number of arrests have already been done […]